The Toronto Star on Brookview Middle School's New Clinic, Toronto, Mar 22, 2012
The Jane-Finch community celebrates
The Star covers the launch of the first adolescent-focused, in-school paediatric clinic in Toronto, supported by the TFSS and its partners.
Read Full ArticleBrookview Clinic on CBC Toronto, Toronto, Dec 8, 2012
In-school healthcare for students makes great television
CBC Toronto came to the launch of the Brookview Middle School Clinic, talking to students, parents, doctors and school staff about the newest addition to the Model Schools Paediatric Health Initiative backed by TFSS.
Read Full ArticleTFSS In-School Clinics in the Globe and Mail, Toronto, Mar 17, 2012
CEO Catherine Parsonage on the effectiveness of bringing care to the students who need it most
The Globe and Mail profiles the rise of in-school healthcare clinics across Canada, including the work that TFSS and its partners in the Model Schools Paediatric Health Initiative are doing in Toronto..
Read Full ArticleTFSS & the TDSB Make History With the Toronto Marlies, Toronto, Dec 12, 2011
The hockey club's annual TDSB day raises over $18,000 for students in need
The Toronto Marlies hockey club played in front of a record crowd, beating the Rochester Americans in a regular season AHL match-up at this year's TDSB day.
Read Full ArticleTFSS Director Sandra Best talks to The Grid, Toronto, Dec 12, 2011
The Toronto weekly learns about TFSS and how Budget 2012 could impact programs for students
Sandra Best, TFSS Director, talks to Stephen Spencer Davis about TFSS programs and the rationale for nutrition programs in Toronto schools.
Read Full ArticleTFSS in the Globe and Mail, Toronto, Dec 8, 2011
Director Sandra Best on the value of nutrition programs at TO Council
TFSS Director Sandra best speaks about the value of nutrition programs, and their widespread use throughout the city, as Toronto Council debates the 2012 budget.
Read Full ArticleTFSS in the Toronto Star, Toronto, Dec 7, 2011
CEO Catherine Parsonage defends nutrition programs during the 2012 Budget Debate
TFSS CEO Catherine Parsonage tells the Toronto Star about the benefits of nutrition programs in school and how academic performance rises when students are healthy.
Read Full ArticleTFSS at the House of Commons, Ottawa, Dec 6, 2011
TFSS meets with MPs and Senators to discuss a national nutrition strategy
On Tuesday November 28th 2011, Dr. Kirsty Duncan, MP Etobicoke North and TFSS Board member, hosted an all party parliamentary caucus on the need for a national student nutrition program.
Read Full ArticleGoodnewstoronto.ca, Toronto, Nov 15, 2011
beyond 3:30 is featured in Good News Toronto!
Read about beyond 3:30, an after-school program that keeps over 1,000 middle school kids living in high-risk areas safe and engaged from 3:30 to 7:30 pm every school day..
Read Full ArticleMazoncanada.ca, Toronto, Nov 11, 2011
MAZON blogs about their VIP Bus Tour experience! Featuring a stop at Thorncliffe Park PS and Marc Garneau CI.
Three representatives from MAZON Canada, including board member Shelly Markel, volunteer Valerie Sloman and new National Executive Director, Ida McLaughlin, were among the invited guests that participated in a VIP Bus Tour of Toronto schools operating meal programs for students in need.
Read Full ArticleInsideToronto.com, Toronto, Oct. 18, 2011
Morning meal program makes a difference in Thorncliffe Park
At Thorncliffe Park Public School, students aren't just being equipped with reading, writing and arithmetic skills - they're also being equipped with the fuel to help them focus.
This year the school's morning meal program has expanded to serving all Grade 1 to 5 students every day; the program began last year handing out the healthy snacks three days a week.
Globe and Mail, Toronto, Oct. 7, 2011
Teaching food literacy, one school lunch at a time
Inside a handful of innovative schools across the country, students sit down to made-from-scratch lunches. New research has linked meal programs to better grades, motivation, likelihood of graduation and decreases in absenteeism; providing healthy food would help counter rising rates of obesity and disease.
Students raise funds for child hunger, Toronto, Oct 5th, InsideToronto.com
As the Feeding Toronto's Hungry Students Week progresses, news about students getting out in their communities and helping raise awareness for child hunger hits the media. Read Full Article
CBC Radio, Toronto, October 4th, 2011
Matt Galloway spoke with Christina D'Souza. She is a volunteer, cooking up meals External Site for her fellow students at George Harvey Collegiate Institute. Listen Here
Cooking up success for kids, Toronto, Oct 4th, The Star
Students gain life skills and confidence as part of middle-school program organized by the Toronto Foundation for Student Success and funded through the Toronto Community Foundation.
The Blue Jays Care about beyond 3:30!
On Saturday, September 17th the Jays Care Foundation hosted a group of beyond 3:30 participants and their parents to a spectacular afternoon at the Rogers Centre, in the Jays Care Community Clubhouse.
Box seats, refreshments, a live shot on the videoboard and a visit from Ace, the team mascot, helped make the day one to remember.
Toronto Blue Jays, through the Jays Care Foundation supports beyond 3:30 with funding for improvements to our sports program. Most excitingly, they have funded a baseball tournament between all 13 sites scheduled for spring 2012!
Thanks Blue Jays – for all your support and a great day at the ballgame!
York Mills Students Add $10,000 to Emergency Fund, Toronto, May 27th
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On May 5, students of Ms Persaud’s business class at York Mills CI organized Viva York Mills! a Las Vegas-themed event to benefit the Hope in Action Emergency Fund. Over 500 tickets were sold and the evening showcased some tremendous local student and staff talent. In addition to ticket sales, donations were solicited from local businesses and students held raffles, sold novelty photos, caricatures, as well as food and beverages. A semester’s worth of hard work and planning were rewarded with $5,000 in proceeds. Combined with a matching grant from Johnson Insurance Inc., the event produced $10,000 for the Emergency Fund.
Teacher’s birthday wish results in large donation to the TFSS
Teacher Gail Prattas and her husband Peter share a common birth year and strong passion for helping students in need. Their wish for their shared 40th birthday party was for family and friends to make donations in lieu of birthday gifts to help them celebrate the joy of giving. And celebrate they did, as generous friends delivered cash gifts totalling $2700 to be donated to the Toronto Foundation for Student Success. 
Gail learned about the extent of poverty in Toronto when two Sir John A Macdonald CI student leaders, Meera and Gerry, invited a guest speaker from the TFSS to talk about student hunger as part of the TDSB social justice action plan. Gail decided to give back to the students in her own backyard after listening to the speaker share her account of coming to school hungry every day. Excited about Gail’s donation, Assistant CL Tsahai Daley helped the students approach a sponsor to ask them to match the donation. Johnson Insurance happily agreed to make a surprise contribution to Gail’s birthday fund. The end result? A $4,800 donation being made to the Hope in Action Emergency Fund.
InsideToronto.com, Toronto, May 06, 2011
Portrait of a community
Students use photo booth to create digital portrait of their community. Pixelated Communal Portraits program is held in schools in partnership with the Beyond 3:30 program, which is a shared initiative of the Toronto Community Foundation, Toronto District School Board's Model Schools for Inner Cities Initiative and the Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS).
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Global News, Toronto, 31 March, 2011
George Webster Medical Clinic Opening.
InsideToronto.com, Toronto, 04 April, 2011
East York school home to pediatric health clinic.
The Toronto District School Board's second pediatric clinic opened March 31 at George Webster Elementary School. The Paul D. Steinhauer Clinic will provide primary health care to about 800 children. George Webster is one of the schools in the TDSB Model Schools for Inner Cities Program, which aims to make the school the heart of the community and provide children with the resources they need to succeed. It is a partner in the clinic, as is the Toronto Foundation for Student Success.
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InsideToronto.com, Toronto, 01 April, 2011
Viva York Mills raises money for breakfast program for needy students.
The 60 students in York Mills Collegiate Institute's Grade 12 business management class are hoping to raise $5,000 for charity during a Vegas-themed fundraiser Thursday, May 5.
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CBC.ca, Toronto, 10 March, 2011
TRIEC's Immigrant Success (IS) Award.
CBC Toronto Vision Award for Immigrant Inclusion.
Recipient: Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS). The gift of sight and sound program is run by Toronto Foundation for Student Success, a charitable arm of Toronto District School Board. "The program was started to make sure some of our new Canadian children were able to see clearly and hear clearly," says Catherine Parsonage, the executive director of the organization.
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TheStar.com, Toronto, 9 March, 2011
Screening program gives foreign–trained doctors a chance.
TFSS deliberately hires international doctors to screen the vision of children in the city’s less affluent neighbourhoods. It’s a win-win for students and immigrants. Three years into the program four full-time and six part-time IMG staff screen over 18,000 kids annually. The work is an opportunity for international doctors to get experience to help them enter the medical system and for those who can’t get in, because spots are limited, it demonstrates the potential to engage international doctors in meaningful healthcare work. TFSS is the arm’s length charitable foundation of the Toronto District School Board.
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InsideToronto.com, Toronto, 9 Nov 2010
Half-million for hungry students. Local school asks students for sacrifice.
A record $566,000 was raised for hundreds of breakfast and lunch programs for students across the city during the pre-Halloween fundraising blitz by the Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS). "The results are phenomenal," stated Catherine Parsonage, executive director of the TFSS, the charitable arm of the Toronto District School Board.
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TDSB Official Website, Toronto, 5 Nov 2010
Record Success for Feeding Toronto’s Hungry Students Week
A record $565,973 was raised for the Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS) by Toronto District School Board and City of Toronto communities and partners during this year’s Feeding Toronto’s Hungry Students Week.
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MyTownCrier.ca, Toronto, 3 Nov 2010
Nutrition programs on the menu.
Toronto Foundation for Student Success lunch projects help fill students’ hungry tummies.
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CityNews, Toronto, 7 Oct 2010
Easing the Hunger
Volunteers at an East End public school are putting together a wide spread of healthy alternatives. More than 100,000 students in Toronto relay on programs like this to make it through the day.
TFSS Communications Department, Toronto, 6 Oct 2010
Students from Beyond 3:30 Choose Healthy Eating.
Participants from the Junior Chefs' Club at Brookview Middle School presented Eating a Rainbow Wrap at the Toronto District School Board'sMY HEALTH MY CHOICE: Lifestyle Choices, Healthy Eating student leadership conference on October 6, 2010 at the Royal Ontario Museum.
See pictures below.
InsideToronto.com, Toronto, 8 Oct 2010
Students occupy subways for hungry classmates.
The story of hungry children coming to school is sad, said Parsonage. But the work that our kids are doing, students right across the system, the volunteerism, the effort, the leadership, that's a joyous thing.
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thecomeupshow.com, Toronto, 8 Oct 2010
Wrap it Up Toronto ft. Miles Jones & DJ Serious
Friday October 8th is the last day and biggest party of Feeding Toronto’s Hungry Students Week, a period in which students and community leaders have been fundraising and spreading awareness about student hunger in Toronto.
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TDSB Official Website, Toronto, 4 Oct 2010
Feeding Toronto's hungry students a top priority
One out of three children in Toronto live in poverty. More than 110,000 TDSB students rely on breakfast, snack and lunch programs just to make it through the day. That’s part of the reason why the Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS), an arms length charity of the TDSB, is hosting a week of events dedicated to feeding Toronto’s hungry students and hungry minds.
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TDSB Official Website, Toronto, 16 Sep 2010
Touchdown – High School Football Scores with Help from Argos
The Toronto Argonauts held a team practice September 15 at Sir Robert L. Borden BTI, kicking-off the 2010 season and celebrating the second year of the Level The Playing Field program. In 2010, the program is donating $80,000 to benefit 13 TDSB high school football teams. Downsview Secondary School, Sir Robert L. Borden BTI and Thistletown CI, will receive a donation of $10,000 each to re-establish a football team at their schools and ten additional schools were granted funds to revitalize existing football programs.
The donation is part of a mentorship and funding program called Level The Playing Field, sponsored by Tim Hortons and in partnership with The Argos Foundation, TDSB and the Toronto Foundation for Student Success.
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Where art and architecture meet: the Beyond 3:30 mural program turns schools into canvases,
Yonge Street Media, June 16th, 2010.
When an architect and an artist toured Joseph Brant Senior PS last September, their intention was to bring the rigour of both of their disciplines to an afterschool student art project. The mural had to look like part of the building, not just a way to cover it up. Read more.
CDI Supports The Toronto Foundation for Student Success, eSchool News, Mar 31st, 2010.
"It's that simple," states Catherine Parsonage, Executive Director and CEO, Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS). "We need to do everything we can..."
HERE & NOW CBL-FM, Toronto, Jan 20, 2010, 03:12 P.M.
Anchor/Reporters: Matt Galloway
Discussion with Catherine Parsonage, Executive Director, Toronto Foundation for Student Success, about the new vision of what school should be expected to provide to students in this city. Specifically talking about setting up medical clinics for students in inner city schools. The TDSB says too many children are coming to school with health problems.
